Metal container, such as collapsible tubes, for tooth paste and other soft preparations



Dec. 8, 1931. F.-WOLF .v 1,835,581 METAL CONTAINER, SUGH AS COLLAPSIBLE TUBES, FOR

TOOTH PASTE AND OTHER SOFT PREPARATIONS Filed Dec. 24, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR A ATTORNEY Dec. 8, 1931. W L 1,835,58

METAL CONTAINER, SUCH AS COLLAPSIBLE TUBES, FOR

'TOOTH PASTE AND OTHER SOFT PREPARATIONS Filed Dec. 24, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet- 2 INVENTCR Fran/c i709 min ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRANK worn, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

METAL CONTAINER, SUCH AS COLLAPSIBLE TUBES, FOR TOOTH PASTE AND OTHER, 1

SOFT PREPARATIONS Application filed. December 24, 1928. Serial No. 328,105.

comprises means in the form of a mounting device for the cap to engage the tube and support the cap in operative position. The

mounting device may comprise a stand or 15 holder by which the tube can be supported or it may be another attachment which merely engages the tube and supports the cap or closure only.

These and other objects and advantages of 29 the invention will be made clear in the following description, taken with the drawings, which show several embodiments of the invention. But the disclosure of course is ex- I planatory only and I may make changes which do not depart from the principle of the invention or exceed the scope and meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed. V

On the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side view of a collapsible tube with cap and holder according to one form of my invention;

Figure 2 is a view of what is shown in Figure 1, seen from the right of that figure;-

Figure 3 is a side view of another form;

Figure 4 shows the construction of Figure 3, seen from the right;

Figure 5 is a side View of a further modification;

Figures 6, 7 and 8 are, respectively, a side view partly in. section; another side view and a top view of still another modification;

Figures 9, and 11 are a top view, a side view and another view partly in section of an additional modification; and

Figure 12 is a side view partly in section of a still further type of construction in which the invention may be embodied.

The same numerals identify the same parts throughout the views.

Referring first to Figuresl and 2, I show a soft collapsible tube 1, for tooth paste, shaving cream, or some other preparation, that has a rigid conical top or upper end 2, terminating in a threaded discharge nipple 3, which is closed by the ordinary screw cap when the tube is not in use and which can be removed when the contents of the tube are to be squeezed out. The edge or periphery... of the top of the tube projects beyond the outside of the body 1 and forms there a stifi encircling bead or flange 4:. To support the tube I may utilize astand or holder comprising legs 5 attached at 7 to a base 6. These legs may either be pivoted to the base or, if. of a resilient character, aflixed thereto so that they can be moved apart to a certain extent at their upper ends when the tube is to be fitted into the holder. To draw the legs together and make them engage the tube 7 1 and support 2, a ring 8 may be attached to bearings 9 to slide on the legs 5. The legs may converge towards their tops; and the retaining element 8 may be moved upward to separate themand make room for the tube; 74 or downward to draw the legs together and make them engage the top at its top 2, and clamp the tube. These legs or clamping members at their upper ends have transverse recesses 10 which receive the bead or flange O0 l, so that the tube can be held in upright position in the holder. 7

One of the legs will have an arm or bracket 11 to which is secured an arm 12 by a pivot screw 13. The arm 12 carries a cap or closure 14 which can be moved aside to uncover the outlet opening in the neck 3. The cap has a rubber or cork gasket 15 on its lower side. This arm 12 has a handle 16 which strikes against the stop 17 on the bracket 11 and ar- 9O rests the arm in position to cause the closure 14- to engage the end of the nipple 3 and close up the outlet on the tube 1. All that is necessary to move the closure 14 to uncoverthe outlet of the tube is to press upon the handle 16 and swing it in the right direction.

. In Figures 3 and l, the legs 5'are held in position to engage the top 2 and bead 4 of thetube 1 by a member 18 having a flange, 19 that projects downward over the ends 10" of the legs 5. This member has the form of a. cover, concave to fit the top 2 and it may have an open neck 20 at its upper end to surround the nipple or neck 3. The flange 19 is resilient and yielding so that it can be pressed down over the upper ends of the legs 5. The member 18 may also be provided with spring fingers instead of a flange and its office is to secure the legs 5 in engaging position.

The closure 15 is pivoted on one of the legs 5 as before.

In Figure 5 I show a cover member 21 with legs 22 and 23 attached. The leg22 may be hinged and the other fixed. On the fixed leg 23 is the bearing 11 for the pivoted closure 14. The legs have wide lower ends or feet 24, and each has a projection 25 on its inner side near the top to indent the tube just below the bead4. Fixed to the leg 22 at the upper end are transverse rigid arms 26, one projecting to each side, and adapted to be forced under elastic fingers 27 on the member 21. To put this. tube in the stand, the leg 22 is swung outward, the member 21 placed over the top 2, bringing the projection 25 on the leg 23 against the tube. Then the other leg is, swung towards the tube, the projection 25 thereon pressing against the opposite side of the tube a-nd'the arms 26. are pushed up under the fingers 27 to be held fast. The tube is thus securely held in the stand, with the closure in position to expose or cover up the end of the neck 3.

The particular construction of the stand shown in Figure 5 is not claimed herein, but is claimed in my copending application, Serial No. 328,106, filed December 24, 1928.

Figure 5 shows further how the valve cap or closure can be mounted upon a stand or holder for a tube, and any of the other forms of stand which are shown in said copending application along with Figure 5 might be.

similarly used.

In Figures 6, 7 and 8, the attachment as shown comprises a pair of semicircular clamping members 28, the ends of which are bent out of the plane thereof as indicated at 29 and pivoted together as indicated at 30. The ends 29 are secured by spring catches 31, each fixed to oneend toengage yieldably with the other. To put this attachment on the: tube, the clamping members 28 are moved from broken line to fullline position in Figure-7 and the end portions 29 are then secured by the catches 31, thus holding the clamping portions 28 around the tube 1 just beneath the flange 4 of the tube. The tube is thus gripped by the members 28 pressing against its sides. This attachment can be disengaged atv any time by merely pulling the clamping members 28 away from each other. On one of the clamping members 28 will be a cover 32pivoted to one clamping member at 33.

The cover may also have afixed arm 34 bearing a knob 34a and depending pivoted handle 34b to facilitate lifting the cover.

In Figures 9, 10 and 11, the attachment comprises a pair of semicircular clamping members 35 which are concave on their inner faces to receive and surround the flange or bead 4. They are hinged together at 36 and their opposite ends are provided with a catch 37 and stop 38 to hold the attachment in its operative position. The closure for the neck 3 is in the form of a cover 39 on an arm 40 pivoted on a pin 41 carried by one of the members 35 adjacent the hinge thereof. This cap is swung from side to side of the tube to uncover the neck and when in mid position the neck is closed.

In Figure 12 the tube has a cover member 42 which fits upon the top of the tube and is held fast by a nut 43 screwed upon the neck 3 and engaging the upperv end of the member 42. On the member 42 is a closure 44 hinged in place and the cover may have a projection 45 extending down along the side of the tube with a cutout tongue bent outward shown at 46. At the hinge, the cap 44 has an arm 47 having pivotally attached to its outer end a handle 48 bent up at the bottom 49 and with a projection 50, thereon. When the handle .48 is pulled down the cap is lifted and the projection 50 engages under the tongue 46 to hold the cap in raised position. The cover 42 mounts the caphere but does not overlap or engage the bead or flange 4.

The devices shown in Figures 6 to 12 are disclosed in my copending application, Serial No. 247,499 for patent on Accessory devices for collapsible tubes, filed January 18, 1928, of which this case in part is a continuation.

In Figure 5, the legs are extensible. The lower part of each has a sleeve 51 and the upper parts of the legs project into the sleeves. Each sleeve is slotted and the upper parts of the legs have pins 52 which slide in the slots; hence the legs can be adjusted as to length but the upper parts of the legs cannot be pulled out of the sleeves 51. Also the lower parts of the legs below the sleeves 51 can be recessed to receive the ends of the bottom 53 of the tube. This construction enables the stand to fit tubes of various lengths. The legs of the devices of Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, can be similarly constructed.

I claim:

1. A mounting device to be attached to a collapsible tube having a soft body and rigid top with a bead-flange around the periphery of the top, said device comprising a pair of cooperating clamping members constructed and operating to afford and maintain an engagement with the body of the tube immediately below the bead-flange, said cooperating members jointly comprising a structure to lap under the bead-flange for the support of thetube thereby, and a pivoted closure carried by said device.

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2. A mounting device to be attached to a soft collapsible tube having a rigid conical top with an outlet neck and a bead-flange around its periphery, said device comprising a pair of cooperating clamping members shaped and operating to assume a clamping position to afford and maintain an engagement with the tube immediately below the bead-flange, said cooperating members when in clamping position jointly comprising a structure lapping under the bead-flange for the support of the tube thereby, means for holding said cooperating members in clamping position, and a closure on the device arranged to open and close the outlet neck connected with the tube.

S. A mounting device to be attached to a soft collapsible tube having a rigid top with a central outlet neck and a bead-flange at its periphery, the device comprising a stand for the tube having legs shaped at their upper ends to engage under the flange at opposite sides, retaining means for holding the legs in engaging posit-ion, a projection on one of said legs and an arm pivoted to said projection and bearing a closure to open and close the outlet of the tube.

4. A mounting device to be attached to a collapsible tube, having a soft body and rigid top with a bead-flange around the periphery of the top, said device comprising cooperating clamping members shaped to engage the soft body of the tube adjacent said top and transverse parts provided by the members at their upper ends to lap under saidbead-fla-nge.

5. A mounting device to be attached to a collapsible tube, having a soft body and rigid top with a bead-flange around the periphery of the top, said device comprising cooperating clamping members shaped to engage the soft body of the tube adjacent said top and transverse parts provided by the members at their upper ends to lap under said beadflange, and retaining means for securing the clamping members in clamping relation.

6. A mounting device for soft collapsible tubes, with a rigid top, and a bead-flange around the periphery of the top, the device comprising cooperating legs and means for putting the legs under constraint to eXert a clamping action upon the tube, the legs having projections on their inner sides to press upon the tube under and close to the beadfiange.

7. A mounting device for soft collapsible tubes, with a rigid top, and a bead-flange around the periphery of the top, the device comprising cooperating legs and means for putting the legs under constraint to exert a clamping action upon the tube, the legs having projections on their inner sides to press upon the tube under and close to the bead flange, and a closure for the tube pivoted on said device.

8. A mounting device to be attached to a soft collapsible tube having a rigid top with an outlet neck and a bead-flange at its periphery, the device comprising connected legs shaped at corresponding points to engage the tube and lap under the bead-flange,

, means operative on the legs to put the latter under constraint in engaging position, and an arm mounted to one of the legs for relative movement and bearing a closure to open and close said outlet neck.

9. A mounting device to be attached to a collapsible tube which has a soft body and a rigid top, with a bead-flange around its periphery, the device including a pair of opposed clamping members, a part extending between and connecting said members, means provided on said members for engaging the soft body of the tube and lapping under the bead-flange whereby to clamp the tube for its support between said members, and mechanical means for putting the members under constraint in clamping position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

FRANK WOLF. 

